On Saturday, Houston's publicist confirmed to the Associated Press
that the award-winning "I Will Always Love You" singer died. She was
48. The timing of her death, the eve of the Grammys, the biggest music event of
the year, makes the horrible news even more tragic.
According to CNN, Houston
was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. PT at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Miss Houston had battled
ravaging addictions to crack cocaine over the years but the drug is not
believed to have played a part in her death. Police searched the room for
illegal substances after discovering the body.
Her frantic daughter Bobbi
Kristina, 19, is understood to have got into a 'furious argument' with authorities
who refused to let her into the hotel room to see the body of her
dead mother. Friends of Miss Houston's cousin Dionne Warwick, who also went to
the hotel to try to see the body, have said that she is 'inconsolable'.
Miss Houston's body
remained at the hotel today where her family, including her daughter were
paying their last respects, according to radaronline. Last night around 800
guests attended a pre-Grammys dinner at the hotel where Miss Houston
died.
Outside, fans gathered to
mourn the star, leaving floral tributes and lighting candles.
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